Sponsorships

TLC sponsors three types of event: regional, national, and international. In most cases we seek to partner with other agencies who share our goal of enhancing the quality of university teaching and learning.

Issues

Colleges and universities are essential to our social and economic well-being. What and how students learn is of immense importance to their future lives, both as workers and citizens. Many students cite their professors as some of the greatest influences on their later lives and learning, yet most academics receive no formal preparation for their teaching role, and methods of teaching and assessment are hardly unchanged from Victorian times when institutions were quite different and society had very different expectations of university and college graduates.

In this context, TLC will explore issues like:

How can students be prepared for a lifetime of change?

How can they learn to solve problems and tackle issues not yet identified?

What is the best way to prepare teachers for their role?

How can teachers connect more meaningfully with their students at a time of diminishing resources and rapidly increasing class sizes?

How can teachers and students engage with their community, local, national and international?

What is the appropriate role for technology in teaching and learning?

Board of Directors

Arshad Ahmad

Chair

Sylvia Avery

Secretary/Treasurer

Anita Acai

Member-at-Large

Aline Germain-Rutherford

Member-at-Large

TLC began with a distinguished advisory committee, drawn from educational leaders from across Canada and abroad. Members included:

Arshad Ahmad, McMaster University, past-President, STLHE

Steven Davis, Chair of Board, Academics without Borders

Patrick Deane, President, McMaster University

Natalie Gerum, Graduate Student, Lakehead University

Leslie Gouldie, Chief Executive Officer, Student Awards Canada

Joy Mighty, Carleton University, and past-President, STLHE

Pat Rogers, Wilfrid Laurier University, and past-President STLHE

Ken Steele, Co-founder, Academica

Pierre Zundel, President, University of Sudbury

Maureen Mancuso

Past President and CEO

Christopher Knapper

Past Director

Master Class—a new series of public lectures featuring Canada’s best professors

Make a Donation

Your donation to TLC will help promote better teaching in Canadian universities and can make a real difference in enhancing the quality of learning our next generation of students will experience. Anyone making a donation of more than $50 will become a member of TLC for the year in question, will receive regular updates on TLC activities, and be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. Teaching and Learning Canada is a registered charity, and all donations are eligible for a deduction from Canadian income tax.